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Apple vs. Android

5 min before all the new goodies from Apple will be announced. Whatever it will be I think any news will hit Android hard. With what seems to be a sluggish sales from “Nexus One” Google (read Android) can suffer some setbacks due to massive interest to new Apple gadgetry. Do I mind? Not at all – I think this what keeps it all interesting

Posted in Web stuff.


Google Wave – can you hear me?

This morning I realized what Google Wave reminds me of. Imagine that you just walked into room full of people, something like an art exhibition. There are lots of people, all of them talking possibly about the same subject. There are all types of active conversations – some long, some short, some smart, some… mmmm… not so smart. But all you can hear is a cacophony

Posted in non-programming.


Whoopee! I won, I won!

This morning I found an email from Archos with voucher for their Archos 5 tablet that I won after enrolling in Archos contest with my Hire*A*Droid app.
Read about in on AndroidGuys. Yeap, had to brag…

Posted in Android.


Teleportation? Yes, way!

I was googling  download link for Sun’s VirtualBox when my eye caught word “Teleportation”. Whatta? I thought to myself while following the link. I have not heard the word since my youth days of reading likes of Sir Artur Clarke.

Turned out – the teleportation is real. It is ability to move running! VM from host to host and it is now supported in VirtualBox v. 3.1.0! What downtime?

Posted in Programming.


Hire*A*Droid goes international

Release 1.1.8 of Hire*A*Droid brings UK job search to the Android job search app with more countries following shortly. The details can be found at http://hireadroid.com

Posted in Android.


Google Navigation

This morning I drove to my office following directions from my Android phone which runs Google Navigation add on to Google Maps. Simply incredible! And free. If you are using iPhone you are already behind the curve. I am sooo sorry….

Posted in Android, Web stuff.


Whole Lotta Love

I’m getting lynched by an angry mob of Droid lovers for hinting that Droid looks may be sub-par to these of iPhone

Posted in Android, non-programming.


Hire*A*Droid – first maintance releases

Hire*A*Droid – Android job search app got few small updates that bumps the release to 1.0.4

The main feature added – search tool palette and ability to send selected job by email, Twitter or Facebook. See more details at www.hireadroid.com

Posted in Android.


Somewhere Over The Rainbow

My article in AndroidGuys.com

Posted in Android.


Android – show and hide soft keyboard programmaticaly

I had to figure it out today so I thought I’ll shared it with the world. So say for whatever reason you need to show or to hide a virtual (soft) keyboard in Android app. It’s not very intuitive but can be easily done:
To show

((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
		        .showSoftInput(editText, 0);

And to hide:

((InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE))
		        .hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);

Posted in Android.